The New York State Department of Health stripped Dr. Danielle Roberts of her medical license after officials found she branded NXIVM "sex slaves."Gregory P. Mango
A state Department of Health hearing committee sustained multiple counts of professional misconduct against Dr. Danielle Roberts, who was part of the master-slave group within Nxivm known as DOS.
Health officials found that Roberts used a cauterizing machine to write “KAR” on the pelvic region of at least 17 women without anesthesia, “to intentionally cause them pain.”
The disgraced former doctor was defiant and evasive as she testified before the health committee, officials said.
Roberts “denies being brainwashed, yet she expressed no real remorse, which represented to the hearing committee her distorted reality and the very real concern that others remain vulnerable to her future brandings,” the decision read.
Raniere, 61, landed 120 year in prison last year on seven felony convictions involving everything from sex-trafficking to racketeering, child pornography and forced labor.
Roberts (far right) “expressed no remorse,” according to the decision.AP
Nxivm member-turned-whistleblower Mark Vincente testified about the sickening branding process at Raniere’s trial in Brooklyn federal court.
Jurors were shown photos of the brands that Raniere allegedly used to mark his “slaves.” The insignia looked like a backwards K and R, which Vicente said was “a combination of two sets of initials” — the first being Raniere’s.
“I believe she was a slave and a master, and the person who actually did the branding,” Vicente said about Roberts. “She was the brander.”
Doctor who branded women for Raniere loses medical license
Danielle Roberts, second NXIVM doctor punished for misconduct, faulted for saying she wasn't "brainwashed, yet she expressed no real remorse" about involvement in group
Danielle Roberts, a doctor and NXIVM loyalist, defends her branding of women in Keith Raniere's "master/slave" club during an interview with Dateline NBC reporter Kate Snow.
In a 3-0 decision, a hearing committee agreed with allegations of the department's Board of Professional Medical Conduct that Roberts engaged in 12 forms of professional misconduct. The committee said Roberts had tremendous potential as a physician but was "deeply troubled" by her refusal to admit regrets of her poor choices.
"(Roberts) denies being brainwashed, yet she expressed no real remorse, which represented to the hearing committee her distorted reality and the very real concern that others remain vulnerable to her future brandings," the decision said.
Roberts, who belonged to Raniere’s secret “master/slave” club known as Dominus Obsequious Sororium (DOS), used a cauterizing pen to brand the women. As preparation, she was branded herself by an artist in Brooklyn — and practiced on "fruit and pigs knuckles," the decision said.
When women were branded, they cried, screamed, squealed, flipped off the table and bit down on a towel. One woman described the experience as "incredibly painful." Another woman said it felt like "an acute fire in the most sensitive part of my body," the decision said.
The decision followed hearings held between June 2020 and March 2021.
Roberts, 40, a doctor since 2009 and onetime hospitalist at St. Peter’s Hospital in Albany, committed misconduct that included willfully abusing a patient, practicing medicine with gross negligence, moral unfitness, services not authorized by the patient and failing to use appropriate infection control practices, the decision stated.
Roberts, formerly of Halfmoon and Long Island, is the second doctor in NXIVM to lose a medical license. In 2019, the department revoked the license of NXIVM member Brandon Porter, who conducted human brain activity experiments and other unsanctioned research in Halfmoon on NXIVM-linked people.
Raniere, 61, the self-help guru known as "Vanguard," whose philosophies were behind the teachings at NXIVM and its Executive Success Programs (ESP) based in Colonie, is serving 120 years in federal prison for his trial conviction of sex trafficking, forced labor conspiracy and racketeering charges.
Roberts could not be reached. Her attorney, Anthony Z. Scher, told the Times Union that he believed the decision was legally incorrect. Scher argued that Roberts was acting as a "branding technician" and not in her capacity as a doctor. He said Roberts is considering an appeal of the ruling to the Appellate Division of state Supreme Court's Third Department in Albany.
A Long Island-based general surgeon, David Mayer, testified at the hearings on Roberts' behalf that she could "put aside her white coat" during brandings. The decision said Mayer's argument was inconsistent with his referring to himself as "always a physician."
Roberts, who joined NXIVM in 2013, was recruited into DOS, also known as “The Vow,” in 2016. In DOS, various tiers of "slaves" took lifetime vows of obedience to "masters" who, in turn, were slaves for higher-ranking masters who, in turn, were slaves to even higher masters. At the top of the DOS pyramid were eight "first-line" slaves and then, at its zenith, stood Raniere, the only man in DOS and its “grand master.”
The women repeatedly handed over blackmail material known as "collateral" that could be used against them if they ever turned on DOS. On the command of Raniere, DOS members lived on only a few hundred calories a day, wore chains to symbolize collars, were in some cases ordered to sexually please Raniere and, for many others, were branded with the symbol they later learned was Raniere's initials.
Roberts was a "slave" for DOS master Allison Mack, the former actress on the television show "Smallville" who was among Raniere's eight highest-ranking "first-line" slaves in DOS. Raniere instructed Mack that women were to be branded in a sacrificial position and to request the branding so as to not appear coerced.
The decision noted that Roberts said she joined NXIVM to enrich her skills as a doctor.
"The evidence shows, however, that she deliberately chose to adhere to her DOS 'vows of obedience' instead of providing the women she branded with 'all the things that a physician does' because to do so would have resulted in 'breaking (her) vow' and 'went quite the counter to what the whole purpose was,'" the decision said.
"In other words, when faced with any conflict between NXIVM and her responsibilities as a physician, she chose NXIVM," the decision stated. "For these reasons, the hearing committee believes she abdicated her values as a physician and failed her profession, herself, and everyone else involved."
Roberts performed the brandings, which took 20 to 45 minutes to complete, using a cauterizing pen on women who were not given anesthesia, the decision said.
"While an electrocautery device can be used as a scalpel, it is not intended to be used directly on the skin surface because it can cause significantly more skin damage extending beyond the tip or point of contact," the decision said.
The ruling said that Roberts was evasive, defiant and inconsistent when she testified at the hearing. She refused to disclose the circumstances of joining NXIVM, the whereabouts of videotapes of brandings and was hesitant to admit the symbol in the brand was Raniere's initials — then acknowledged it, the decision said.
The committee, in a 2-1 ruling, found Roberts also committed professional misconduct in 2016 when she failed to report a flu-like communicable disease outbreak that severely infected attendees at the YMCA Silver Bay resort on Lake George. The conference, which drew 438 people including 76 children, was at the site where NXIVM for years held "V-Week," an annual weeklong celebration of Raniere's birthday.
She was among NXIVM loyalists who in 2020 danced outside Raniere's former federal lock-up in Brooklyn in a show of support. Roberts is on a website for "The Dossier Project," made of admitted DOS members who defend its purpose and claim that it no longer exists.
Mack, her former "master," cooperated with prosecutors and now rejects NXIVM and DOS. The actress was sentenced to three years in federal prison for racketeering and racketeering conspiracy.
Authory eases aggregating, marketing, scaling, more.
by Nicole Wright September 8, 2021
Society of Professional Journalists suggested Authory.com to me, and now I know how essential Authory is - I'm going to extend it – for ANYONE in business.
It's not only for Journalists, Writers, Thought Leaders, as Authory aggregates your publications, has features that allow newsletters, as well as gain new subscribers. To me this means huge time savings, automation, and a way to market and scale start-ups, or otherwise existing companies who are at a stage wanting to grow. It can benefit one-person or small consulting firms; or ANYONE who is interested in creating and maintaining organization, assembling earned or paid media, and experiencing a greater ease in growing their brand.
Authory presents visually with a clean appearance. The features are comprehensively useful and relevant, without being overwhelming.
Building start-ups in private equity is different when VC backed, or your small team of excellent skilled professionals. Normally this latter category might be akin to an example of the independent film "movie triangle" time – money – quality. Obviously smaller firms or independent professionals have quality; they're brilliant and best in class, but small due to either time or money – when money references the cost of software or salaries that a VC backed firm would have. In this business category, I wanted to find various tools to help the excellent smaller companies take their business to the next level, helping to achieve their goals. While there are a host of tools that help, with a smaller handful much better than the rest, I wasn't expecting Authory to be a game changer for me, and I believe it is.
At some of the Corps I've invested in, I've hired marketing team and web designers to aggregate earned media and update the website. I no longer have to do that for my own personal projects, or if I want to grow a new brand organically. Some of the smaller boutique clients I consult with too; I'm excited to show them Authory, as many smaller companies aren't aggregating their earned media, and often haven't even thought about it until they get closer to investment funding, or otherwise different types of marketing/sales opportunities; and at that point, when they are asked for a portfolio and don't have it, it changes the perspective of the interested party. Authory can hands down solve that problem.
I'm looking forward to utilizing their newsletter feature; which seems like a better alternative to MailChimp, ConstantContact, or SalesForce.
The team at Authory has been clear, helpful, responsive; I appreciate their goal and execution – they do it well.
I asked Eric why he started Authory, and here is his response: I started Authory when I almost missed an article of a favorite journalist of mine. At that time I was wondering why there was no easy way for me to follow the content of said journalist. And then I started out to build such a direct gateway between readers and journalists.
"Authory has evolved a lot since then. Our customers made it very clear that they love the feature of the automated newsletter for their readers, but they also want a portfolio page that's self-updating, and article backups, and social media analytics."
Try and love it for yourself. Feel free to check out Authory.
Is your update actually malware compromising your data & security?
by Nicole Wright
September 8th, 2021
<IMG>
This IE add-on is. Bypassing firewall, and sending private information to remote third parties, who are all engaging in felony behaviors. Some of the younger hackers think it's cool - that means they fail to be eusocial; i.e. they're anti-social; i.e. they're pathological criminals with low to no empathy - narcissistic or sociopathic. Some of the older hackers fit a few different profiles. I trust law enforcement handles them.
For me, I do my security checks before every financial transaction, and that is when I uncover bugs, and react to the threat accordingly. It's either then, or when I'm working on a cyber criminal case. Either way, security check-lists matter. This bug occurred on September 2nd, and the specific system was used for entertainment until September 6th, when it was cleaned and reported to law enforcement.
Please check your Microsoft Updates and verify them with Microsoft. Check out your Firewall. And absolutely report to the government phishing and other breaches. Send tips to FBI and other federal and local governments. If we all talk, we can begin to eradicate criminal behavior, theft, and criminal abuse.
DV (domestic violence) also known as DV for Daily Value
an aka Traffickers are using for illegally dosing unsuspecting women and girls.
April 15, 2021
by Nicole Wright
In Texas 2021, I was covering Cyber Crime, when a woman name Rane Patel came forward. She was a current or former Sugar Baby, and a current sex worker, being abused by her boyfriend. She wanted to tell me about the sadistic abuse by her Master, Jason Baer.
She proceeded to share with me information about her drug addiction and arrests. It seemed as though her issues with addiction started early, and happened as she had been a beautiful teenager, who was groomed by a predator in her formative years. The arrests initially seemed to be due to acts of desperation when she'd had enough and was trying to escape domestic violence. Over time, that pattern continued. Although it also seemed that she became complicit in the crimes as her rap sheet grew - she felt she had tried everything with no way out, and nothing left to resort to.
She was in her 30's, and had little to live for. She was depressed, addicted, and looking for love. She seemed confused about what love meant. She was easily groomed by Jason Baer, and shared with me their first sexual encounter, where she was drugged and raped. Within a month, Jason Baer abused her again, and had her arrested, for his abuse. Ironic. He clearly knew how to abuse the system too.
When I interviewed Jason, his side stepped many of my questions. However I am certified in Dr. Paul Ekman's lie detection techniques, and Jason was no match at all.
The part I found interesting, was his continued references to DV.
My interview with Rane, DV meant Domestic Violence.
My interview with Jason, he was referencing something different, but wouldn't say what it was.
I dug deeper, and less than a year later, turned up some linked information related to Phenytoin. I have a hunch that he meant Daily Value of Phenytoin for his victims. Just a hunch.
The technology Jason is using to abuse women, sex traffic, and drug traffic (he is facing felony drug trafficking charges in one state), is the same or similar technolgy that Wisdom Systems is using to harass individuals who left The Forum, or individuals who know too much. Truth is transparent. Even more obvious to the trained and analytical eye. When you look at a situation without judgement, the pieces are all there. People's responses to questions, tells even more about what you cannot see.
This hunch about Daily Value of Phenytoin relates to Craig Brewer, who is a criminal I interviewed in 2015, when I was trying to get to the bottom of a female assault case from 2012.
Craig Brewer is a teacher at Sterne School in San Francisco, California. He told me that he was targeting Celebrities, and wanted to know more about my former cooking school, My Celebrity Chef. During the process of the interview, he thought he was interviewing me. In his narcisstic glory, he failed to recognize that he had already tipped me off to his criminal intentions. His NPD blindness allowed me to go deeper.
Craig had a slip of paper in his pocket with the name of a drug, and it's half-life.
He kept going back to that paper, and a physical memory he was holding onto, and smiling uncontrollably. This is machiavellianism.
I asked him what he was going back to. He started talking about a girl in his class. She was young; maybe 12; I'm not sure. Her name was Laura. He told me that he gave her special water. And then the following day, would ask her to tell him about any talks she had had with her mother, who was a nutritionist. He said that her mother could not figure out what was wrong with the girl, nor the reason for her outbursts. He was delighted by this. He revelled in it. [He was drugging Laura.]
I asked him why specifically he derived so much pleasure from his game (as he called it) with Laura.
He looked upset for a moment, and his face scrunched up in a bizarre and painful way, that was alarming, and very telling. He confessed that he hated her for who she was and what she had, and wanted to destroy her life.
I exited the interview. I went to the restroom, then went to get my bag and leave. I found the half-life note had been placed there. My allergy presciption, Loratadine, was out of it's bag and sprinkled around. I felt threatened. I called the police. The police came and completed a search. They found a bottle of Gabapentin that was Craig's. They said nothing was out of order legally, but that I was clearly upset. I went to the emergency room and reported abuse and tampering by Craig. They took the report, and I went home.
Craig messaged me, telling me that if I told anyone else, that I would be punished.
2017 I ran into an aspect of Craig's game again, which I handled, then increased my security.
I saw Craig around the same time I interviewed Rane Patel and Jason Baer in 2021. Coincidence? I don't think so.
Besides hurting the Sterne School student, Laura, Craig admitted to hurting other of his students in New York. He liked to work with disabled kids, and they didn't know he was a perpetrator.
